EMERGENCY PHOTOSHOP HELP

Not Afraid · 10-10-2007, 09:04 PM

I have an image I need to use for our MA shirts but I need to remove the background. Said background is one solid color and that color appears nowhere else in the artwork. It should be an easy thing to do, but I can't seem to figure it out. HELP!

Not Afraid · 10-10-2007, 09:07 PM

If I made the blue background transparent, live would be perfect. But, I don't know how.

Morrigoon · 10-10-2007, 09:13 PM

open your image
<select all>
<edit>
<copy>

<new> (It should default to an image size that matches what you copied)
Select transparent background
<paste>
Now erase the stuff you don't want. If it's a solid color you can make it easier by selecting it with the magic wand before using the eraser.

Kevy Baby · 10-10-2007, 09:43 PM

Get a really talented Photoshop guru to fix it for you

(Thank you Doug - my coworker)

blueerica · 10-10-2007, 09:47 PM

*wrong thread* I'll read this one in a second... damned tabbed reading!!

blueerica · 10-10-2007, 09:54 PM

Be wary of the Magic Wand. Sometimes, there are threads of that color running throughout random mixed up places. I tend to go about it the old fashioned way, which tends to not take too long if it's gone about in a logical way. Erase big chunks, then get down to the details.

But that's just me.

There's probably something easier out there.

figment1986 · 10-16-2007, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueerica

Be wary of the Magic Wand. Sometimes, there are threads of that color running throughout random mixed up places. I tend to go about it the old fashioned way, which tends to not take too long if it's gone about in a logical way. Erase big chunks, then get down to the details.

But that's just me.

There's probably something easier out there.

Every short cut has its problems... even the magnet wand in CS3 has its problems. I tend to use polygon lasso and go around myself, then again I'm using CS3 at school, and CS2 educational edition at home.

Disneyphile · 10-10-2007, 10:33 PM

Send me the file, and I'll do it for you right now.

disneyphile@gmail.com

Not Afraid · 10-10-2007, 11:17 PM

Kevy came thru with the help of GuruDoug. Thank you Doug!

Prudence · 10-10-2007, 11:52 PM

And it looks great!

10-10-2007, 09:04 PM	#1
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	EMERGENCY PHOTOSHOP HELP I have an image I need to use for our MA shirts but I need to remove the background. Said background is one solid color and that color appears nowhere else in the artwork. It should be an easy thing to do, but I can't seem to figure it out. HELP!
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10-10-2007, 09:07 PM	#2
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	If I made the blue background transparent, live would be perfect. But, I don't know how.
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10-10-2007, 09:13 PM	#3
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	open your image <select all> <edit> <copy> <new> (It should default to an image size that matches what you copied) Select transparent background <paste> Now erase the stuff you don't want. If it's a solid color you can make it easier by selecting it with the magic wand before using the eraser. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	wrong thread I'll read this one in a second... damned tabbed reading!! __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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10-10-2007, 09:54 PM	#6
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Be wary of the Magic Wand. Sometimes, there are threads of that color running throughout random mixed up places. I tend to go about it the old fashioned way, which tends to not take too long if it's gone about in a logical way. Erase big chunks, then get down to the details. But that's just me. There's probably something easier out there. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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10-10-2007, 10:33 PM	#8
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Send me the file, and I'll do it for you right now. disneyphile@gmail.com
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10-10-2007, 11:17 PM	#9
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Kevy came thru with the help of GuruDoug. Thank you Doug!
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	And it looks great! __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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